Berkeley restaurants faced with having to pay to keep parklets
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- čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
- Outdoor dining may not be here to stay for many restaurants in Berkeley. Velena Jones reports.
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Hey, my neighborhood! Saul's and Crepevine don't cause any problem for pedestrians but it's true that the parking spaces removed for their benefit during the pandemic would bring in a good chunk of cash at two dollars an hour. The place that takes up several parking spaces and whose customers tend to mindlessly block the pavement is The Cheese Board BTW. The city's offer to let the restaurants have the space for free if it's open to the public seems pretty generous. Not many people are going to sit at a restaurant table without ordering. Maybe they're worried that the homeless people evicted from People's Park will move into the "parklets."
Well yeah - they have taken exclusive occupancy of a public space. The public should be compensated for that occupancy.
not that easy. government forced businesses to occupy public space or shutdown and now forcing them to pay fines/fees without compensation. Businesses can make a case.
@@NathanielKrefman compensation for outdoor buildouts, furnitures. If you knew the cost of running businesses and not be ticks all day you would’ve already figured it out.
@@NathanielKrefman not the same. being forced to move outdoors due to a government mandate is different from a lease.
Love dining out. Delicious foods!
They need the money
Just another expense that will be passed on the patrons - it you can even afford to eat out anymore.
Nope! The expense has nothing to do with operations, they're not necessary.
Hell yeah!!! Lets go I hate parklets...
america is the land of the fee.
I rather see outdoor seating than cars.
Id rather see cars than outdoor seating.
So...the city is penalizing small restaurants for profit?...This is pathetic. Let the restaurants keep their outdoor spaces, we have the weather and space for it.
rent def needs to be charged, but the city needs to provide additional parking elsewhere
more fees to pay for more free needles for homeless